"The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice aims to promote effective programs and exhibitions, identify promising approaches for future research, and develop strategies for imple ..."
"The science museum field has made tremendous advances in understanding museum learning, but little has been done to consolidate and synethesize these findings to encourage widespread improvements in practice. By clearly presenting the most current knowledge of museum learning, In Principle, In Practice aims to promote effective programs and exhibitions, identify promising approaches for future research, and develop strategies for imple ..."
Charles G. Finney(Updated) Revivalistic Rhetoric (Great American Orators) by David B. Chesebrough Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 2001 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31813-9, ISBN: 0-313-31813-1
"Though much has been written about Charles Finney, The Father of Modern Revivalism, most works have concentrated on his roles as an educator and political reformer. In this new study, Chesebrough examines the rhetorical skills and techniques that made Finney the first contemporary evangelist, one whose methods are still practiced today. A major force in many social reform movements of his time, most notably abolitionism, Finney introduc ..."
Great American Orators Phillips Brooks : Pulpit Eloquence No. 30 by David B. Chesebrough Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2001 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31374-5, ISBN: 0-313-31374-1
"Discusses the oratory of Phillips Brooks, a 19th century Episcopal clergyman and author of the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem.""
Theodore Parker Orator of Superior Ideas (Great American Orators) by David B. Chesebrough, Mark A. Noll Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 1999 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30873-4, ISBN: 0-313-30873-X
"Theodore Parker, a great orator of the mid-19th century, was a Unitarian clergyman who directed much of his oratory towards ecclesiastical and social reform. Parker challenged slavery and other social ills. As a volume in the Great American Orators series, the focus is on Parker's oratory and its effect on theology and the social structures of the mid-19th century. Biographical information pertains to those aspects of Parker's life tha ..."
Frederick Douglass Oratory from Slavery (Great American Orators) by David B. Chesebrough Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1998 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30287-9, ISBN: 0-313-30287-1
"Frederick Douglass, once a slave, was one of the great 19th century American orators and the most important African American voice of his era. This book traces the development of his rhetorical skills, discusses the effect of his oratory on his contemporaries, and analyzes the specific oratorical techniques he employed.The first part is a biographical sketch of Douglass's life, dealing with his years of slavery (1818-1837), his prewar y ..."
No Sorrow Like Our Sorrow(1st Edition) Northern Protestant Ministers and the Assassination of Lincoln by David B. Chesebrough Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1994 by The Kent State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87338-491-9, ISBN: 0-87338-491-1
"Sermons as historical documents reflect the thoughts, emotions, values, prejudices, and beliefs of their time. “The more popular a preacher, the more likely it is that she or he mirrors the hopes and fears of a significant number of people,” explains David B. Chesebrough in “No Sorrow like Our Sorrow.” His analysis of more than 300 sermons delivered in a seven-week period following Lincoln’s assassination (April 16-June 1, 1865) examin ..."
"God Ordained This War" Sermons on the Sectional Crisis, 1830-1865 by David B. Chesebrough Hardcover, 370 Pages, Published 1991 by Univ Of South Carolina Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87249-753-5, ISBN: 0-87249-753-4
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"Emphasizing the courage required and the cost of dissent before and throughout the Civil War, David B. Chesebrough identifies dissenters among the southern clergy, tells their stories, and discusses the issues that caused these Christians to split from the majorityAfter an opening chapter in which he provides an overview of the role of the southern clergy in the antebellum and war years, Chesebrough turns to the South’s efforts to prese ..."